NU To Participate In Speedo Region 8 Meet

The Nebraska Huskers swimming and diving team will participate in the Speedo Championships Central Section Region Eight swimming meet on Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20 in Columbia, Mo. The meet is sanctioned by the USA-Swimming and Missouri Valley Swimming, Inc. and sponsored by the Columbia Swim club.

The meet will be held at the University of Missouri Student Recreation Complex and Mizzou Aquatic Center at 213 Rothwell Gymnasium, Columbia, Mo. 65211 which is at the corner of Rollins and Hitt Street on the university's campus. For more help on location and directions contact (573) 884-5600.

The information below is some brief excerpts from the meet info sheet in regards to rules, regulations and all meet guidelines. For the whole document please click here.

SCORING: 1. Scoring shall be through sixteen (16) places. Relays will be scored double. 2. Any swimmer in an individual event who places will be permitted to score team points provided that they have a provable previous time even though they do not swim the qualifying time. 3. In order for the relay teams that do not swim the qualifying times to score points they must furnish proof that the event qualifying times standard had been previously made with the aggregate times of the exact individuals who participated in the relay’s being proved.

RULES GOVERNING THE COMPETITION: 2013 USA Rule Book and National Championship Swimming rules will prevail.

SUMMER MEET FORMAT: This is a Prelims/ Finals meet with the top 24 swimmers advancing to Finals. Each event during Finals will consist of Bonus (C), Consolation (B), and Championship (A) Final heat, except for the 800(M) / 1500(M) Freestyle and all relays, which will be conducted as timed final events. The Bonus (C) Final will be reserved for swimmers who are 18 and under.

SESSION & MEET START TIMES:

Day

Session

Warm-Up

Clear Pool

Competition Begins

Session

Warm - Up

Clear Pool

Competition

Begins

Tuesday

General Meting, Referee, CSRVIII

7:00 PM – All Coaches

Wednesday

Prelims

6:30 AM

8:50 AM

9:00 AM

Finals

4:30 PM

5:20 PM

5:30 PM

Thursday

Prelims

6:30 AM

8:50 AM

9:00 AM

Finals

4:30 PM

5:20 PM

5:30 PM

Friday

Prelims

6:30 AM

8:50 AM

9:00 AM

Finals

4:30 PM

5:20 PM

5:30 PM

Saturday

Prelims

6:30 AM

8:50 AM

9:00 AM

Finals

4:00 PM*

5:00 PM**

5:00 PM**

*Denotes new starting time **Decision to start Saturday finals 30 minutes later will be made at the General Meeting on Tuesday evening and will depend upon the prelim timelines for Saturday’s events. Note: There will be a 10 minute break prior to all relays